Saturday, 28 February 2009

Karneval is the Monday before Fat Tuesday and Ash Wednesday...it's a day off (in the major Karneval areas of NRW and the city of Mainz) where there's Lots Of Drinking, parades and general revelry. I had it off so of course I went into the city to see what was going on.

And look what I met at the Hauptbahnhof (Main Train station):

Interestingly, many men dress up as women...most have about the success ratio of those above. But after a couple beers, they no longer care that their breasts are pointing towards China and the US, and that their pink hair is skewed on their head.

I went to the downtown, *before* the parade I might add. And there were already enough people for me.

You can have every type of potato dish known to man (almost) here. I loves them.

Lotsa games for the kiddies:

By the time the parade came, it was too many people for me, so I had to pass. I just like the not-normal air of frivolity that invades around carnival time. It was a blast.